Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Matt* Lucas Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Matt* Lucas Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Matt* Lucas New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Matt* Lucas Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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